[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 4, 2009)]
[House]
[Pages H927-H928]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        SAVING CHILDREN'S LIVES

  (Mr. GRAYSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GRAYSON. Madam Speaker, I have five children, two of them are 3-
year-olds who were born prematurely. They were in the hospital for a 
long time. They were on respirators for a

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long time. They were on 24-hour monitoring for a very, very long time.
  If a doctor had come to me and said to me, Mr. Grayson, we can save 
your children but it will cost a million dollars, I would have said 
okay.
  If a doctor had said, Mr. Grayson, we can save your children, but it 
is going to cost your right arm, I would have said okay because the 
life of a child is more important than money. And yet in America we 
have 25,000 children who die every year without reaching their first 
birthday.
  This bill will cover 4 million children with health care who 
otherwise won't have it. I turn to the other side of the aisle and I 
say: Let's save those lives, let's choose life.

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